Teardown Shows iPhone 5S Costs at Least $199 to Build, $173 for the 5C
New iPhones always gladden the hearts of the analysts at the research firm IHS, because it means it's time to tear the phones apart. — This year's iPhone teardown project was twice as much fun …
Full Remote Device Lockdown Is Now Live In The Android Device Manager
In our recent APK/website teardown, we unearthed Android's upcoming remote device lock functionality through Google Play Services, and now it has quietly gone live in the Android Device Manager.
Apple launches faster iMacs with 802.11ac WiFi, Pro graphics, improved Flash
Apple has launched an updated line of iMacs with faster processors, improved graphics, faster 802.11ac WiFi connectivity, and improved Flash storage. The new iMacs are now available from Apple's onli...
Twitter recommends accounts and tweets in notifications based on @MagicRecs algorithms
Stay in the know — We've started rolling out a new notification that recommends interesting accounts and Tweets for you. — If you're like me, you occasionally feel like you're missing …
EXCLUSIVE: China to lift ban on Facebook - but only within Shanghai free-trade zone
Beijing has made the landmark decision to lift a ban on internet access within the Shanghai Free-trade Zone to foreign websites considered politically sensitive by the Chinese government, including Fa...
Purported iOS 7 bug logs users out of popular apps like Mailbox and Snapchat
An apparent bug in Apple's iOS 7 software is repeatedly logging users out of several apps like Mailbox, Snapchat, and Loom. The Verge has confirmed the issue directly with a few of the affected compa...
Humans wrote tweets for popular Twitter spambot @Horse_ebooks for two years as conceptual art
@Horse_ebooks is a human performance — @Horse_ebooks, the Twitter account that was until now largely thought to be a spambot, is in fact controlled by real people.
Twitter IPO home still in flux, no decision on NYSE: Sources
Not so fast, New York Stock Exchange. — Despite a report that Twitter had chosen to list its initial public offering on the NYSE, sources tell CNBC that Twitter is only leaning toward the Big Board,...
What Does Prem Watsa See in BlackBerry?
© University of Waterloo, Graphics, Photo/Imaging — With the announcement of its proposed $4.7 billion takeover bid, Fairfax Financial Holdings and its chairman, Prem Watsa, answered the long-runnin...
Yahoo Recycled Emails: Users Find Security Surprises
When Tom Jenkins, an IT security professional, learned in June that Yahoo planned to free up abandoned account IDs, he jumped on the opportunity to request a nickname he's had since high school. He w...
China Leads the Pack in Preference For iPhone 5s Over 5c
After some pretty extensive analysis of the iPhone 5s versus 5c within the first 48 hours after launch that we reported yesterday, we wanted to drill a bit further into the global distribution of the ...
Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 now available for pre-order
As Microsoft announced at its launch event yesterday, the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets are now available for pre-order, with shipments expected for October 21st. The Surface 2 starts at $4...
YouTube Announces A New Commenting System, Powered By Google+, With Threaded, Ranked And Private Conversations
YouTube today announced a new commenting system that will be powered by Google+. The system, which is launching on channel discussion tabs this week before rolling out to all videos …
In Its First Acquisition, StumbleUpon Buys Video Recommendation Startup 5by
Content discovery service StumbleUpon is announcing that it has acquired 5by, a video startup based in Montreal. — The financial terms of the deal aren't being disclosed, but the companies say the e...
Nvidia seeks peace with Linux, pledges help on open source driver (Updated)
Torvalds isn't yet ready to apologize for giving Nvidia the finger. — Editor's note: See the update at the end of this article for Linus Torvalds' response to Nvidia. — Few companies have been the...
AT&T will build an LTE-Broadcast network tailor-made for video
AT&T hopes to breath new life into some old airwaves by building a broadcast network, ideal for pushing out live video to many multiple devices with out jamming up its pipes with traffic. The technol...
Pinterest Appeals To Publishers With New Article Pins, Pushes To Become A Bookmarking & “Read It Later” Service
Only days after announcing the launch of ads, social networking site Pinterest is now making an appeal to publishers. The company is today rolling out an updated “article” …
Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app store
People who probed the app's innards suspected it was harvesting Apple ID credentials — An app that purportedly spoofed a Mac so that Android smartphone and tablet owners could send and receive text-...
Exclusive: Next for Nest: A Smoke Detector
Smart thermostat-maker Nest Labs has been developing a smoke detector that could go on sale as soon as later this year, we have learned from people close to the startup. — Why are we telling you abo...
Dropbox pushes to publish spy data request details
Cloud storage locker Dropbox has joined Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Facebook in their quest for permission to publish the number of data requests they have received from the U.S. government...
EBay Debuts Its Answer To Amazon Lockers: Click & Collect At Retail Stores, While eBay Now Goes Abroad
E-commerce giant eBay today made its latest moves to blur the lines between online and offline commerce, and it's chosen the UK to do it: it launched a new “Click & Collect” service …
Causes Relaunches As A Social Network For Social Good Action, Not Shallow Clicktivism
Click a link, click a petition, feel better without making a difference. That was the old Causes. Today, the new Causes launches to reactivate its 186 million registered million users.
Intuit Overhauls QuickBooks Online as Competition for Small Businesses Ramps Up
Intuit today is unveiling a drastic overhaul of its QuickBooks Online accounting software for small businesses. The redesign takes visual cues from Mint.com, the personal finance website that Intuit ...
Samsung Electronics to launch smartphone with curved display in October
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will introduce a smartphone with a curved display in October, as the world's top handset maker seeks to set the pace of hardware innovation and maintain ...
Finnish media: Nokia pleads with Elop to accept smaller bonus - Elop claims he needs full $25M for his divorce
According to the early Wednesday morning edition of Finland's biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia has pleaded with former CEO Stephen Elop to accept a smaller bonus in order …